Facebook Is Going To Let Users Choose What News It Prioritizes

Facebook will ask users what news outlets they trust and use responses to prioritize publishers in News Feed.

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Facebook is giving power back to the people — by letting them choose which news sources should be prioritized on the site.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook will start asking community members which outlets they recognize and trust. Their answers will help determine what sources the site prioritizes.

Facebook will do that by using surveys in which people essentially score news organizations. Those scores won't be made public, but outlets with consistently high scores may be distributed more in the site's News Feed.